Ice-cream cabinet



C. NELSON. ICE CREAM CABINET.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 25,1919.

Patented Nov. 11,

Invenior Charla: N 913071 CHARLES NELSON, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Ion-CREAM CABINET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented NOV. 11, 1919.

Application filed June 25, 1919. Serial No. 306,598.

reference being had to accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

My invention relates to improvements in ice-cream cabinets, having special relation to the container for brick ice-cream, and consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

In the drawings V Figure 1 is a front elevation with parts broken away.

Fig. 2 is a section taken on'the line 22 of Fig. 1 and, Fig. 3 is a trough.

Referring to the drawings, 4 indicates the body proper of my improvement, which is composed of an exterior wooden casing 5, an inner wooden lining 6, between which is located the body of insulating material 7.

The cabinet is also provided with an ice perspective view of the drip rail 8 and hinged lid 9 and a drip 10, theseportions of my cabinet being made of the ordinary construction.

My improvement especially relates to the inner metal container 11 for brick ice-cream. This container 11 is placed in the cabinet in the usual manner, around which is packed the refrigerating agent 12.

The container 11 has two or more compartments, 12 and 13, separated by the partition wall 14, which extends from the bottom 15 almost to the top of the container.

Secured to the partition 14 is a drip trough 16, this drip trough being fully illustrated in Fig. 3. This drip trough is stamped or formed from a single piece of metal, and is provided with an opening 17. The drip trough 16 is secured to the sides of the container.

The preferable method of securing the same is by soldering the ends of the trough to the sides of the container and the top of the partition 14.

As illustrated in Fig. 2 the drip trough is inclined, and formed in alinement with the opening 17 is the opening 18 in the side of the container. I

19 indicates the lid for the container,

which is composed of two sections 20 and 21 hinged together as at 22. Each of the sections 2Qand 21 of the lid is provided with a stud 23 which lie on the inside of the container, as illustrated in Fig. 1 when the lid is closed, the function of these studs being to prevent the closed section of the lid from slipping when one of the sections is raised or opened.

The trough 16 is positioned directly beneath the hinged connection 22 of the lid, so as to catch any moisture which passes through the hinged connection and conduct the same into the chamber in which the refrigerating material is located, thus preventing any moisture passing into the icecream compartments.

The container is also provided with metal feet 24, which are secured to the bottom 15 of the container.-

Located in each compartment of the container is a false bottom 25 formed from a single piece of metal, these false bottoms being for the purpose of preventing the lower bricks from becoming'damp, and the function of the feet 24is to permit the brine or refrigerating agent to pass under the container, and also they act as conductors for the cold contained in the brine, as they con duct the low temperature contained in the brine upwardly, and communicate it to the walls of the container or receptacle in which the ice-cream is located, thereby causing a saving of ice.

While I have shown and described the trough 16 as made out of one piece of metal, it is obvious that the same may be made out of a number of pieces, and secured to the partition wall 14.

It is also obvious that the same may be made out of any material other than metal.

This trough '16 may be also made ridge shaped. In other words made higher at the center or lower at both ends, so that the moisture or water of condensation dripping through the hinge will drain in both directions instead of one. In this case the openings in the sides of the container at the ends of the trough may be made smaller.

It will be further noted that the false bottoms 25 are provided with openings and cut away portions 25", which will allow any sweating of the packages containing the brick ice-cream to flow downward into the bottom of the container, and not come in contact with the lowest package containing the ice-cream, thus obviating all possibility of seepage inwardly, and in through the package. 1

Having fully described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an ice-cream cabinet an outside insulated cabinet proper, a container located within said cabinet proper and spaced apart therefrom and around which refrigerating material may be packed, a partition'wall lo cated on the inside of the inside container for dividing the same into a series of compartments for brick ice-cream, a sectional lid for opening and closing said compartments, a hinged connection for connecting the sec tions of the lid, and a drip trough carried by the partition and sides of the inside container and located beneath said hinged connection for receiving the moisture which may pass through said connection and discharging the same outside of the inside container.

2. A cabinet for brick ice-cream, comprising a cabinet proper lined with insulating material, and provided with a hinged lid, a metal container provided with a series of compartments located in the cabinet proper, a sectional lid for opening and closing the compartments of said container, a hinged I Copies of this patent may be obtained for connection for connecting the sections of the llCl, a drip trough located in the cont-alner, dlrectly beneath the hinged connection, for

side of the container, metal feet secured to the bottom of said container, and a false bottom formed from a single piece of metal located in the bottom of each compartment of the container.

3.,In an ice-cream cabinet a rectangular metal receptacle provided with a series of compartments, a sectional lid for opening and closing the compartments, a hinged connection for connecting the sections of the lid, a stop secured to each section 01": the lid for preventing one section of the lid from. shifting while the other section is being raised, and a drip trough located in the' receptacle beneath said hinged connection for receiving the moisture which may pass through said connection and discharging the same'outside of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES NELSON.

Witnesses:

N. J. RINTOUL,

V. C. STEIN.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenta.

Washington D. 0."

receiving and conducting the moisture out- 

